This poem is "Goodbye Cambridge" written by the modern poet Xu Zhimo. This poem was written on the way back from Xu Zhimo's third trip to Europe in 1928. It is a lyrical poem describing the scenery. It expresses the author's nostalgia, farewell and sentimentality after the disillusionment of his ideals. The original text of the poem is as follows:
Gently I leave, just as lightly I came; I gently wave my hand to bid farewell to the clouds in the western sky.
The golden willows by the river are the bride in the sunset; the beautiful shadows in the ripples of light are rippling in my heart.
The green banana-plant on the soft mud sway gracefully under the water; I would willingly be a waterweed in the soft waves of the Cam River!
The pool under the shade of elm trees is not a clear spring, but a rainbow in the sky; crushed among the floating algae, a rainbow-like dream is deposited.
Looking for a dream? Take a punt and row upstream to where the grass is greener; load a whole boat of starlight and sing in the colorful starlight.
But I can't sing, silence is the shengxiao of parting; the summer insects are also silent for me, silence is tonight's Cambridge!
Quietly I left, just as quietly as I came; I waved my sleeves, not taking away a single cloud.
Extended information
This poem was written on November 6, 1928, and was first published in the "Crescent" monthly magazine, Volume 1, No. 10, on December 10, 1928, signed by Xu Zhimo , later included in "Tiger Collection". Cambridge is the seat of the famous Cambridge University in the UK. From October 1920 to August 1922, the poet studied here.
The whole poem "Farewell to Cambridge" has seven stanzas, each stanza has four lines, and each line has two or three stanzas. Rhyming, cadence, catchy. This beautiful rhythm ripples like ripples. It is not only the sound of devout students pursuing their dreams, but also fits the ebb and flow of the poet's emotions, giving it a unique aesthetic pleasure.
The poet combines specific scenery and imagination to form a vivid and vivid artistic image of the poem. He skillfully integrates the atmosphere, emotions and scenes into the artistic conception, so that there is emotion in the scenery and scenery in the emotion. It fully embodies the "three beauties" of the Crescent Poetry School, namely the beauty of painting, the beauty of architecture, and the beauty of music.